2026 Hackaday Europe Call For Participation: We Want You!

Here’s the Hackaday Europe 2026 announcement that you’ve all been waiting for. But wait! This year there’s a twist, or rather two. What absolutely hasn’t changed, though, is that we’d …read more

Ancient Ice Production

Today, we take ice for granted. But having ice produced in your home is a relatively modern luxury. As early as 1750 BC, ancient people would find ice on mountains …read more

Retrotechtacular: Mr. Wizard Jams With IBM

You may not remember [Mr. Wizard], but he was a staple of nerd kids over a few decades, teaching science to kids via the magic of television. The Computer History …read more

Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The NEO With The Typewriter Shell

Isn’t this glorious? If you don’t recognize what this is right away (or from the post title), it’s an AlphaSmart NEO word processor, repackaged in a 3D-printed typewriter-esque shell, meticulously …read more

Real LED TVs Are Finally Becoming A Thing

Once upon a time, the cathode ray tube was pretty much the only type of display you’d find in a consumer television. As the analog broadcast world shifted to digital, …read more

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Miranda’s Unlikely Ocean Has Us Asking If There’s Life Clinging On Around Uranus

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By Tyler August | February 21, 2026

If you’re interested in extraterrestrial life, these past few years have given an embarrassment of places to look, even in our own solar system. Mars has been an obvious choice …read more
Retrotechtacular: Bleeding-Edge Memory Devices Of 1959

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By Maya Posch | February 21, 2026

Although digital computers are – much like their human computer counterparts – about performing calculations, another crucial element is that of memory. After all, you need to fetch values from …read more
In Praise Of The Proof Of Concept

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By Elliot Williams | February 21, 2026

Your project doesn’t necessarily have to be a refined masterpiece to have an impact on the global hacker hivemind. Case in point: this great demo of using a 64-point time-of-flight …read more
Love Complex Automata? Don’t Miss The Archer

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By Donald Papp | February 21, 2026

[Oliver Pett] loves creating automata; pieces of art whose physicality and motion come together to deliver something unique. [Oliver] also has a mission, and that mission is to complete the …read more
MicroGPT Lets You Peek With Your Browser

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By Al Williams | February 21, 2026

Regardless of what you think of GPT and the associated AI hype, you have to admit that it is probably here to stay, at least in some form. But how, …read more
Electric Jeep With Modified Prius Hardware

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By Bryan Cockfield | February 20, 2026

On the list of cars widely regarded as the most reliable vehicles ever built, up there with the Toyota Land Cruiser, the Honda Civic, and the Mercedes W123 diesels, is …read more
Displaying The Rainbow

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By Al Williams | February 20, 2026

True or false? Your green laser pointer is more powerful than your red one. The answer is almost certainly false. They are, most likely, the same power, but your eye …read more

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